Combined collar-fastener and necktie-guard.



E. EVANS. COMBINED COLLAR FASTENER AND NECKTIE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1916.

1,231,512. 'iatentediune 26,1917.

EDWARD EVANS, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED COLLAR-FASTENER AND NECKTIE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 191"? Application filed. February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collar-Fasteners and Necktie-Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its primary object to provide an eflicient and inexpensive fastener designed for securing the central or rear portion of a collar to the neckband of a shirt and including a hook disposed between the folds of the collar to prevent the collar binding the necktie.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the inside of the neckband of a shirt illustrating the combined collar fastener and necktie guard positioned in the rear button hole thereof,

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the fastener removed,

Fig. 3 presents a transverse sectional view through a collar and neckband, in the plane of the rear button holes thereof, illustrating the fastener applied to use, and

Fig. & represents a perspective view of a modification of the fastener.

Referring to the drawing in detail, where in similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates a circular base member formed with a centrally located reduced and depending extension 6, the free end of which is curved to provide the web 6 and directed upwardly, as indicated at 7, to provide a substantially U-shaped necktie guard and protecting member. The portion of the extension 6 adjacent the base member 5 is offset, as indicated at 8, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

In the type of fastener illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the device is constructed of a piece of spring sheet metal whereas in the form illustrated in Fig. 4: the fastener is constructed of a single length of wire which is bent centrally to provide a pair of spaced parallel legs 9 suitably curved to provide a U-shaped necktie protecting member 10, which is the equivalent of the member 7 in the type illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The free ends of the legs 9 are connected with a substantially circular base member 11.

In use, the web portion of the U-shaped member is slipped through the button holes 12 in the neckband and collar 13 and 14, respectively, and is turned so that the base member 5 engages the inner surface of the neckband 13 above the button holes 12 and the offset portion 8 lies within the button holes. The member 7 lies between the folds of the collar 14 and cooperates with the base member 5 to secure the collar in position upon the neckband 13. The necktie 15 is slipped between the folds of the collar, in the usual manner, and is engaged in the member 7.

What I claim is A fastener including a base member, a re duced extension carried by said base member curved to provide a U-shaped member, said extension being offset at a point adjacent the base member, and the web portion of the U-shaped member being curved to facilitate insertion through a buttonhole of a collar and neckband.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD EVANS.

Witnesses:

CLARA FREY, Nnrrm B. GANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

